Kilmoganny (officially Kilmaganny; Irish: Cill Mogeanna, meaning 'Church of Saint Mogeanna'[2][3]) is a small village in the County Kilkenny in the south-east of Ireland. Saint Mogeanna was an Irish virgin whose feast day in the Irish Calendar of Saints is 29 January.[3]
Kilmoganny
Irish: Cill Mogeanna | |
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Village | |
 Pub and church in Kilmoganny | |
  Kilmoganny Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°27′47″N 7°19′43″W / 52.4630556°N 7.3286111°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Population | 245 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | S4560834636 |
It is home to a primary school, post office, a pub, 2 churches, a GAA field and a local shop called Morans or locally known as Pete's. The village is at the junction of the R697 and R701 roads.
Kilmoganny is in the Diocese of Ossory, in the civil parish of Kilmaganny.[2] St. Eoghan's Catholic church is in the parish of Dunnamaggin.[4] St. Matthew's Church of Ireland church is in Kells parish.[5]
As of the 2016 census, Kilmoganny had a population of 245.[1]
Notable people
edit- Nicholas Moore (1887–1985), priest
- Brendan Fennelly (1956–2019), hurler
- John Lavery (1856–1941), Irish painter, spent the last two years of his life at his step daughter Alice McEnery's home Rossenarra House.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Kilmoganny". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Cill Mogeanna/Kilmaganny (town) Kilkenny". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Kilmaganny: more information". Placenames Database of Ireland. p. 12. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ "Dunamaggan". Parish Details. Ossory Diocese. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ "Kells". Dioceses & Parishes. Church of Ireland. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ Snoddy, Theo. "Lavery, Sir John". Dictionary of Irish Biography.
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